Calocephalus aervoides

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Calocephalus aervoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Calocephalus
Species: C. aervoides
Binomial name
Calocephalus aervoides
(F.Muell.) Benth.
Synonyms
  • Leucophyta aervoides (F.Muell.) Kuntze
  • Pachysurus aervoides F.Muell.

Calocephalus aervoides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to Western Australia. Its common name is woolly beauty-heads.[1]

This species is a herb growing up to 15 centimetres tall. It produces yellow flowers in September and October. It grows on plains with loam and sandy soils over limestone substrates.[1]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller as Pachysurus aervoides in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1863.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Calocephalus aervoides. FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.
  2. Calocephalus aervoides. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI).
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